Brake-equalizing attachment for automobiles



June 8 1926. L

. F. J. ANDEL.

BRAKE EQUALIZING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Feb. 4,' M924 5 Sheets-Shen 1 Jun@ 8,1925. 1,587,999

F. .1. ANDEL.

BRAKE EQUALIZING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Feb. 4, 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 8, v1926. l n 1,587,999

F. J. ANDEL BRAKE EQUALZING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed Feb. 4, 1924 r 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Jiang/Ln' 6 jfl .s

/ v I I change in the'arc lmovements of the lever connections to the brakes would occur which would aifect the equalizing operation.

In order that bracket 8 may be properlyr set conveniently and quickly upon the small er tapered part ofthe ldrive shaft housing 7 and so that ample operating clearance for the lever and its connection may be positively assured without dependence upon a skilled 4or practiced mechanic in attaching the device, I provide a forwardly-extending lug or projection 24 at the base of bracket 8 which is adapted to abut against the en'- larged union or connecting` part 25 of the housingto which the radius rods 26 are attached, vthereby spacing the bracket a suitable distance from part 25 where the two radius rods converge, while at the same time a'ording a brace or sto'pifor the bracket in the event oflooseness vin seating, or attachment of, the bracket; Equalizing lever 2 may be of any desired length and each arm thereof is bent or offset downwardly to permit the brake rods 5 and 6 to extend on straight lines to the brakes and at the same time avoid the.

side bars 26" of the lchassis frame. On the other hand bracket 8 is projected upwardly a sufficient distance to place the reciprocating shaft 14 in a horizontal planewhere pull rod 19 may be readily connected to'end 2O vand laced lin the ro er workin()` relation at the extreme rear end where collar 18 is] in its bearings I may resort to the use of any other known mechanical equivalent for that purpose such as flattening the' shaft, as

indicated at 28, Fig. 8.

`What I regard as my invention or discovery and desire to claim, is:

1. An equalizing brake attachment for automobiles, comprising a bracket adapted to be detachably affixed to the drive shaft housing of the automobile, said'bracket having a bore and bushings therein to provide a lubricating chamber, a reciprocable shaft er:- tending through said bushings carried by said bracket, an equalizing lever pivotally connected to said shaft, means adapted to reciprocate said shaft, and brake rods con* soV nected with the opposite ends of'said equal- Vizing lever;

2.fA brake equalizing attachment for an automobile, having a transmission shaftand housing longitudinally thereof and pro- *vided with separate brakes for the rear wheels and an operating` member for said .brakes at oneside of the transmission housing, said attachmentv comprising a bracket and means adapted to detachably secure the same to the transmission shaft housing, a short shaft having bushings secured within Vsaid bracket and movable parallelly in respect to said transniission'sliaft, a spring connected with said'shaft to moveit in one direction, a pull member to draw said shaft in the opposite direction, and an equalizing lever pivotally connected `with said shaft having operating connections-with said separate brakes.

3. A brake equalizing attachment for an automobile having a transmission shaft and housing, comprising. a bracket and means adapted to afhx the same to said housing, a shaft slidably supported within said bracket, means forming a fixed part of said bracket adapted to prevent said shaft from turning, a spring adapted to move said member inone direction, an equalizing lever pivoted to said member having brake rods aiixed thereto and an operating element connected with said member.

4i. A. brake equalizing attachment, comprising a bracket and means adapted to detachaltly bolt the same to a part ofthe transmission housing of an automobile, a shaft having slidable bearing withinsaid bracket, a coiled spring sleeve upon saidV shaft in compressible relation to said bracket, an equalizing lever pivotally connected to said shaft having brake connections, and an operating member connected 'toY said shaft. Y

5. In an automobile having a transmission shaft housing provided with an enlargement and converging radius rods connected to said enlargement, a brake equalizing attachment comprising a bracket detachably mounted upon said housing contiguous to: said enlargement Abetween said converging radius rods, a longitudinally movable shaft supported by said bracket, a coiled spring sleeved Vupon said shaft, an equalizing lever pivotally connected to said shaft having Vshift the same in one direction, means adapted to shift said shaft in the opposite direction to its spring controlled movement,

and an equalizing lever pivotally connected with said shaft having brake connections.

7. In an automobile having a transmis- Vsion shaft housing provided with anfenlargement, a brake `equalizing attachment comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to said housing, said bracket having a spacing lug adapted to engage said enlargement, a reciprocable member carried by vsaid bracket having a springadapted to adapted to attach the bracket to a part of the transmission housing ofjtlieautomobile, andalso a spacing extension to predetermine its setting upon the housing relatively to other parts of the automobile, and a brake equalizing lever having a movable support and guide mounted upon said bracket.

adapted to clamp the saine uponga part of a reciprocable shaft and a bushingtherefor Within saidV bracket, means vadapted to pre` `vent said shaft from turning in the bushing, a brake equalizing lever pivotally conble relation to said bracket` adapted to shift the shaft in one direction, and means adapti ed to move the shaft in the opposite direction to actuate said equalizing lever.

l0. A-brake equalizing attachment for an automobile having vav central longitudinal transmission shaft and housing, comprising an .upright bracket having lateralV baseV flanges Vand'provided With a recessed bottom adapted to fit the transmission shaft housing,` clampingv devices engaging said flanges and housing, the upper part of. Vsaid bracket having a horizontal bore and a pair of spaced bushings Within the opposite ends of Y 'f said bore, a reciprocable shaft extending 9. A brake equalizing attachment for an automobile, comprising a bracket and meansl through said bushings having an operating connection-at one end, a brake vequalizing `lever connected With said shaft, and a conthe transmission housing of the automobile,

trolling spring mounted upon the shaft lin compression relation to said bracket. p

In testimony, whereof I affix ymy signature.

yFRANK J. ANDEL. 

